Just One Tree in the Forest » Seymour Reed Johnson Sr. (1906-1970)

Day of marriage September 26, 1928

• The average temperature on September 26, 1928 was 8.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
  • October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.

Day of death November 21, 1970

• The temperature on November 21, 1970 was between 1.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
  • April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
  • July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
  • August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
  • September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
  • September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)
• 1970 » C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (b. 1890)
• 1974 » John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)